I just got off the phone with UC Davis MIND Institute. They had a cancellation and were going down the list to fill the slot. We were the 10th people they called. Nobody was home. Normally they have a 6-9 month wait to get in. We will be taking our 5 y/o on Friday morning for his assesment. SCORE! We thought we'd be waiting MONTHS to get him in. WOOT!
Can you tell I'm excited to finally be able to see what's going on with my little boy? We've been trying to get him evaluated for over a year through other channels and now this finally comes through. He's got autistic traits like hand-flapping and other stims, narrow interests, has to keep a strict schedul, has constant melt-downs, is fine-motor skill delayed, has speech problems, is academically delayed, has a very short attention span, etc, etc..... We suspect he may be on the spectrum, but he's very social and loves other kids- very friendly. We actually wonder if he has Fragile X or some other form of mental retardation. He just can't seem to learn or retain knowledge. I'm so glad that we'll be able to get him some help finally that will be able to guide us and the school in helping him to learn. YAY!
06 Nov 2007, 3:09 pm
